Hot Days, Cold Nights:

She made it down to the watering hole about an hour later after finding some shorts and tank top to put over her bikini. It was all ready filled with people, swinging into the lake and getting wasted on the side. She spotted Matt manning the beer keg that was in the back of his truck. "Hey, Matt." His arm was still in a cast but he seemed to be in a good mood.

"Hey, Beth." He replied smiling at her. "Decided to come join us?" He asked as he handed her a cup of beer.

"Yeah, I could definitely use a break out of packing and everything." She told him. She took a small sip of it. She didn't want to get drunk, just something to relax her. She leaned on the truck as she saw Tyler talking to his uncle who was passing by. He seemed confused about something when he came over but smiled when he saw her. "Hey, Ty."

"Beth, you came." He said surprised as he walked over to her.

"Yeah, I told you I would." She smiled at him. Between, the splashing and the screams it was getting to loud to talk so he motioned for them to walk away from it. Tyler led her away from it deep in to the woods. "Party seems to be a hit. Did your uncle bust you?"

"No, he just wanted to make sure they're gone before it gets dark. Basically my mom worried about a lawsuit." He rolled his eyes and she laughed. She heard a twig snap nearby.

"Did you hear something?" She asked him as she looked around but didn't see anything. Knowing what she knew, she was cautious.

"No. Probably just an animal or something." He shrugged it off. He thought she was just being jumpy and he's been in the woods before so he wasn't really worried.

"Oh yeah that's comforting. Famous last words before she was mauled by a bear." She joked and he rolled his eyes. "Seriously, if I die cause you said it was just an animal, I will haunt you."

He laughed at her as he looked around. "There's nothing, there. You're paranoid" He teased her and she didn't realize how close they were until she could practically feel his body heat radiating off.

Without thinking she leaned in and kissed him. She didn't know what it was; Caroline's comment, the teasing from Alaric, Damon saying he was her boyfriend but she just did it. After a second of being surprised he kissed her back. His hands automatically fell to her waist. She deepened the kiss a bit as they bumped back into a tree but after a minute he stopped and she pulled back.

"Did you, um, feel, you know anything?" She asked him, awkwardly. It wasn't that he wasn't hot or anything but she didn't feel it. There was nothing there.

"No." He said as he cleared his throat. He agreed. Beth wasn't like any other girl, he just made out with at times. He wouldn't lead her on like that especially if he didn't have any feelings like that towards her. He didn't want to screw up their friendship. "Did you?"

"No!" She assured him. They took a step back from each other and she straightened out her tank top that had become a bit bunched up during the heated kiss. He rubbed the back of his neck, feeling just as uncomfortable. "Well, now that's out of the way."

"Yeah." He agreed, looking down. "We should, uh, p-probably head back now."

"Yeah, right, let's go." She said as they walked off. It had become a bit awkward between them but she knew they'd get over it. At least she knew that it wasn't going to happen between them. They were definitely better off as just friends.

Beth and Tyler walked back to the watering hole. Beth saw Caroline and Stefan coming over. She saw Caroline meet her eyes and try to call her but she turned away to the lake and Tyler followed her. "What's going on with you and Forbes?" He asked her. He caught the sad look on Caroline's face when Beth ignored her.

"Nothing." She insisted. He didn't believe her but he let it go, he didn't want to get in the middle of it. "Seriously nothing, let's swim." She said as she tugged off her clothes to reveal her bikini and she jumped in the lake. Tyler just shook his head and jumped in after her.

After a few hours of swimming around it started to get dark. Beth was sitting on the ground near the lake, after putting on her clothes while Tyler and Matt cleared everyone out. She saw Caroline looking sad, talking to Stefan. She knew what she had to do.

She got up and walked over to Caroline as Stefan gave her a small smile and walked away to let them talk it out. Caroline burst into an apology. "Beth, I'm so so sorry! I didn't mean to almost attack you the other day! I didn't know what I was doing! I didn't want to hurt anybody especially not my friend. This whole vampire thing is driving me crazy! I can't control the hunger, or control myself! And I just found out I'm going to be an insecure, neurotic, control freak times a thousand, forever!" She cried out in frustration and Beth let out a small chuckle as she hugged her. It wasn't fair for Beth to ignore her but it was all new to her and she didn't know what to do. Caroline really needed a friend.

"It's okay, I get it. You didn't mean to. And don't worry it's going to be okay. You just have to adjust to everything." Beth promised her as she pulled back and nodded.

"Okay, what sucks even more is Matt's mad at me for being stupidly jealous over that Amy chick, who now is leaving with Tyler." Caroline said as she saw them going into the woods behind Beth. She turned around and saw them leaving.

Beth rolled her eyes. "He definitely moves on fast."

"I'm sorry." Caroline told her sincerely.

"It's fine. We kissed, no sparks, it's over. I'm fine. But you should talk to Matt." Beth told her seriously looking over at him as he was standing by his truck. "Go." She encouraged her. Caroline gave her a smile as she walked over there. She walked over to Stefan who was standing by his car, looking worried as he hung up his phone. "Stefan, what is it?" She asked him.

"Elena just called, she found out that a werewolf's bite can kill a vampire." He told her quickly. She looked around, for Caroline and Matt. She couldn't see either of them. "I have to go and fine her, you go back to the house."

"No way, Caroline's my friend. I'm coming with you." Beth argued with him, Stefan was about to counteract her argument but she cut him off. "No! If there are werewolves out there, it's full moon and she could get hurt. Let's just go!" Stefan sighed but walked after through the woods.

Beth didn't want to argue with him, not when Caroline and Matt could both be in danger. They had been walking for almost 20 minutes they came across a car. Stefan stopped her. "I think that's Tyler's uncle car." She whispered to him. They walked a bit closer. Beth got a weird eerie feeling being so deep in the woods. She looked down and tapped his shoulder. Stefan looked and saw claw marks. Beth moved closer and saw chains hanging off a tree branch.

"Stay back." He whispered quietly as he walked to the back of the car. It was silent for a second as he looked through the back of the trunk. Suddenly, Beth heard a spine-chilling growl erupt from the car. Before they could move a huge silver, gray wolf shattered the window as it jumped out the back and knocked Stefan down. Stefan quickly stood up as the wolf ran out. "Are you okay?" He asked her.

"Yeah, I'm fine. Are you? Did it get you?" She asked him and he shook his head. Before he could say anything else they heard Matt yelling. Stefan heard it better than she did. He took off, at an impossibly fast speed and Beth followed him as fast as she could and followed Matt's voice. She finally caught up and saw Stefan holding back Caroline. She saw Matt on the floor, his neck covered with blood. "Oh, no. Matt." She sat on the ground next to him as he started to try and get up. "Not yet, Matt."

"Stop it! Stop! Stop, stop! Stop it!" Stefan yelled at her as she tried to get out of his grip. Caroline finally seemed to realized what happened. Her eyes fell to the weak Matt who was moaning on the ground.

"Oh my god." She said in shock at what she did to him. She tried to go over and help him but Stefan stopped her.

"No! No, listen to me! We have to get out of these woods, now!" Stefan told her urgently but her attention was still on Matt and how she hurt him. "We need to leave!"

"What was that?" Caroline asked as she looked around. Beth didn't hear anything but Stefan must have cause he looked worried.

"Beth, keep Matt down! Do not let him move!" She told her seriously and she nodded. He turned to Caroline. "You and Me, we're going to run, okay? It's going to follow us. We need to get it away from Matt and Beth. So you need to run as fast as you can! Do you understand me?" She nodded, determined. She wiped the blood off of her lips. "Go, go!" She took off. Stefan took off after her.

It was completely silence and Beth would have usually found that calming if there wasn't a werewolf somewhere in the woods. Matt didn't speak; He was so quiet Beth had to check to make sure he was still conscious. The blood loss probably made him dizzy and confused so he was trying to figure out what happened. After about 20 minutes, Stefan and Caroline popped up in front of her. Stefan kneeled to help Matt up as Beth did the same. "You guys okay?"

"We're fine. We saw the wolf and Tyler was there." Stefan saw the panicked look on her face. "He's fine. He actually was the reason why it ran away. It was strange but he's fine. We took care of him too." He told her and she knew that he would forget seeing them there.

She nodded. Caroline was pacing, obviously angry with herself for trying hurting Matt. She walked over to her. "It's okay. Matt's fine. It was an accident." She told her and Caroline nodded.

"Here, take my car. We have to wipe his memories." Stefan said giving Beth his keys. "Get back to the house and out of the woods. They might be back soon but be careful if Damon is there. If he's angry he can get unpredictable and dangerous." He told her seriously and Caroline nodded in agreement.

"I'll see you back at the house." She told him as she walked away. Surprisingly the full moon was bright enough to light her way back to the car. She walked back the way they came, listening out for anybody close by. She finally made it to the car without an incident. She drove back to the boarding house, with the thoughts of what happened dancing in her head.

She finally got to the boarding house but no one was there and Alaric hadn't called her yet so she thought they must still be on the road. She walked into the huge house. Day came up to her and moved between her legs to get her attention. She picked him up and brought him into the living room. She put her bag down on the couch as she looked around. The house was amazing.

She walked around touched the two rapier swords hanging on the wall, passed the paintings and made her way over to the brown piano. It had been a while since she played especially since she couldn't bring hers with her. She sat down on the bench. She couldn't help herself. It was calling to her and she had to play it. Her fingers lightly danced on the keys as she played the song perfectly. She forgot how much she loved to play and how she seemed to lose herself in the melodious sound of the music.

"Well aren't you a regular old Mozart." Beth jumped back and the keys made a horrible out of tune sound. "Or maybe not." Damon smirked as he moved away from her with a class of some kind liquor. She rolled her eyes.

"You scared the hell out of me." Beth complained as he sat on the edge of the couch.

"My bad." He replied taking a swig of his drink. Day climbed up onto the couch and tried to get Damon's attention by putting his front paws on his lap. Beth walked over to the couch opposite him and sat down.

"We need to talk." She told him and he sighed.

"Fine, what is it that you so desperately need to know." Damon said.

"You know exactly what I need to know. How in the world do you know me? Don't pretend you don't! You seemed shocked when you first saw me and I have no idea why. You called me Elizabeth before I even told you my name. So, tell me how?" She demanded. She was sick of being lied to and she wanted the truth.

Damon sighed as he laid out completely on the couch "I didn't think it was you but it is. You're here and you're not a vampire. I remember you from the first time I was here. You were a witch then too. You were close to my family. " He told her and she didn't say anything, she was too shocked and it could be possible. "You're name was Elizabeth Woodsmith."

Damon waited for Beth to say something. She hesitated. "That's impossible. I didn't know you before the carnival." He tried not to show how hurt he was that she said that. He got up and went over to the wet bar.

"Fine. Think what you want, but let me ask you this. Have you dreamt of this house? Of me?" He challenged her. She didn't say anything. "Exactly."

"Listen, I get it. There are vampires and werewolves and witches but if I died! And I wasn't a vampire. It's not possible. That Elizabeth wasn't me." She insisted.

She was wrong though. He knew she was wrong. It had to be her. Her playing the piano, naming her cat his nickname and her being a witch would be too much of a coincidence. It had to be her. "Whatever. Stefan's here, he's going to take you home. Don't want to keep him waiting." He told her walking away and she knew that he wanted her to leave. She remembered what Stefan said about him getting angry so she picked up Day and left.

Well this day got even more complicated. The only good thing is Alaric and I aren't fighting anymore. I forgave him. I couldn't stay mad at him for long. I forgave Caroline too. She's going to need a friend while she gets used to being a vampire and I was going to help her. She'll need support.

I kissed Tyler today. Yeah, I surprised myself. I guess with all the teasing I just had to see if something could happen. I didn't feel anything though. There wasn't a spark or fireworks or anything. Luckily, he felt the same way. Alaric told me what they found out about werewolves. Their bite can kill a vampire! When Stefan and I went to find Caroline we saw one. We think it might have been Tyler's uncle but we don't know for sure. Tyler's not one though, he didn't change tonight.

I talked to Damon about how he knew me. He said that he knew me from when he lived here in 1864, that I was close to his family. I didn't believe him though. I mean it's impossible. I'm not a vampire and I would have remembered, right? Though I keep dreaming about him and that house, even before I met him. I don't know what to think. Just when I thought my life couldn't get any more complicated, it does.

Beth